Flight attendant taken off plane in Dallas after crazy rant

The Dallas Observer reported that an American Airlines flight attendant was escorted off a plane kicking and “screaming bloody murder” after telling passengers over the PA system that the plane could crash.

The plane was set take off from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Friday morning when it returned to the gate.

From the Observer:

According to two passengers, the flight was taxiing toward take-off this morning when the flight attendant came over the PA.

“We are not taking off,” she said, according to the passengers. “We’re having technical difficulties. We are heading back to the gate.”

Another flight attendant came on and assured the passengers: Yes, actually, we are taking off, so buckle up. But the flight attendant up front wouldn’t let up. She kept going on about technical difficulties and plane crashes, the passengers say.

“Captain,” she said. “I am not responsible for crashing this plane.”

Passengers started yelling, asking what was going on. Flight attendants hustled through the aisles, saying nothing. A passenger from Wisconsin, who I spoke with a few minutes ago, called 911 but was ultimately hung up on. But not long after, some guys in the back of the plane, in town for a Sam’s Club company meeting, walked to the front of the plane and helped restrain the flight attendant, who the passengers are hearing was “off her meds.”

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro says the pilot asked for police to meet the plane at the gate. He says Dallas police told FAA that there was an altercation on the plane.

American Airlines spokesman Ed Martelle says the incident involved some of the airline’s crew, and two flight attendants were taken to a hospital for treatment. He declined further comment.